The Gazette’s top photos of the week: September 21-27

Marathon participants take a pee break during the Rock and Roll Montreal marathon, Sunday September 22, 2013. David Gagnon-Savard from Baie St-Paul won with a time of 2.5 hours. He’s the first Canadian to win the Montreal Marathon since Peter Maher in 1989. ( Phil Carpenter / THE GAZETTE )

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David Gagnon-Savard wins the Rock and Roll Montreal marathon, Sunday September 22, 2013, with a time of 2.5 hours. He’s the first Canadian to win the Montreal Marathon since Peter Maher in 1989. ( Phil Carpenter / THE GAZETTE )

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A group of city councillors huddle around interim mayor, Laurent Blanchard, center, at the city clerk’s desk as they debate a point of order as the finances of the Bixi bike sharing program are called into question during the final Montreal city council meeting before the upcoming election, pictured in Montreal on Monday, September 23, 2013. (Allen McInnis / THE GAZETTE)

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Suzanne Rolland shows off her bed which has built in storage at her apartment at the LUX Residences Gouverneur in Montreal on Friday, September 13, 2013. (Dario Ayala / THE GAZETTE)

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A beam of sunshine hits the Champlain bridge in the fall/autumn as seen from Ile des Soeurs or Nuns’ Island in Montreal on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Dario Ayala / THE GAZETTE)

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Louise Archambault, writer and director of Gabrielle, was on hand for Telefilm’s announcement of the Canadian submission for the Oscar category of best foreign language film, in Montreal, on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)

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Charles Bender (Raven) and Tiffany Ayalik (Sedna) during a scene from the media call of the Segal Centre’s production of Sedna: Goddess of the Sea, in Montreal, on Wednesday, September 25, 2013. The production runs from September 30 – October 6, 2013. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)

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Montreal police and firefighters found a lifeless woman at a fire on Rue de Chambly in Montreal, on Friday, September 27, 2013. Smoking is suspected to be the cause of the fire. (Dave Sidaway / THE GAZETTE)

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Camilla Wynne of Preservation Society small batch preserves pours a hot clamato juice and vinegar mix on top of celery and ceasar mix to complete ingredients for a jar of Caesar celery in Montreal Friday, September 13, 2013. The transplanted Albertan makes jams, jellies, pickles and relishes in a small-batch preserving business she has set up in Montreal. (John Kenney / THE GAZETTE)

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Premier Pauline Marois will gives a bursary of recognition in programs of employability for the community organization RESO to Aminatou Alidou at an economic forum in the Sud-Ouest borough in the Pointe St. Charles area of Montreal Monday, September 23, 2013. RESO, which has a mission “to mobolize the south-west community” offers services for future entrepreneurs, young adults, businesses, community organizations and enterprises and the unemployed. (John Kenney / THE GAZETTE)

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Jacques Desrosiers (right), who is in his 34th year of working for Old Dutch, Daniel Bougie (left), who has worked for the company 28 years and other workers outside the snacks plant in the Lachine area of Montreal Wednesday, September 25, 2013 during the lunch break. The former Humpty Dumpty factory in Lachine is scheduled to close Sept. 27. (John Kenney/THE GAZETTE)

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Montreal Canadiens Brandon Prust fights with New Jersey Devils Alexander Urbom during National Hockey League preseaon game in Montreal Monday September 23, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

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Montreal Canadiens Daniel Briere lands on top of New Jersey Devils Adam Henrique during second period fight during National Hockey League preseaon game in Montreal Monday September 23, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

Montreal Impact’s Daniele Paponi keeps his eye on the ball as he leaps over CD Heredia goal keeper Jose Caldero, bottom left, during CONCACAF League of Champions game in Montreal Tuesday September 24, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

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Montreal Impact’s Andrew Wenger grimaces after being taken to the pitch by CD Heredia’s Henry Medina during CONCACAF League of Champions game in Montreal Tuesday September 24, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

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Montreal Impact coach Marco Schallibaum shouts at his players from the sidelines during during CONCACAF League of Champions game in Montreal Tuesday September 24, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

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Projet Montreal leader Richard Bergeron delivers speech as Ahuntisic-Cartierville city councillor Emilie Thuillier’s son Victor plays on the floor at event kicking off its election platform for the upcoming municipal election in Montreal Wednesday September 25, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

Montreal Canadiens Max Pacioretty scores a goal on Ottawa Senators goalie Craig Anderson as Mark Stone can only watch during third period of preseason National Hockey League game in Montreal Thursday September 26, 2013. (John Mahoney/THE GAZETTE)

RowRunners team , foreground, arrived 2nd ( time of 1:03.6) in the race no 10 during the Dragons Boat race in Lachine on Saturday September 21, 2013.In background, team no3 ,TNG Restaurant Group Dragons arrived 4th with a time of 1:05.7. Up to 800 paddlers participated to the Dragon Boats Race to raise money for the Cedars Cancer Institute’s CanSupport program. The program offers free psychological, emotional and spiritual support as well as financial assistance for cancer patients from the McGill University Health Centre.(Marie-France Coallier/ THE GAZETTE)

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Clémence Briand Racine, left, from Farm to School teaching program at Macdonald College, is teaching children from Ecole Joseph-Enrico in Baie d’Urfe about where food comes from. In this workshop , the children discover the smell of fresh herbs picked from the College’s garden.(Marie-France Coallier / THE GAZETTE)

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Damien Castonguay, 8, casts a line while fishing under the supervision of his grandfather Ronald Castonguay, at Pine Lake in Hudson west of Montreal Saturday September 21, 2013. The spot is popular for fishing and Damien said he caught three trout that day. With his grandfather’s help. ( Phil Carpenter / THE GAZETTE )

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Nadia Bolduc finishes as the first woman with a time of 2 hours:51 minutes and 38 seconds at the Rock and Roll Montreal Marathon, Sunday Sept. 22, 2013. David Savard-Gagnon won the event with a time of 2.5 hours. He’s from Baie St-Paul and is the first Canadian to win the Montreal Marathon since Peter Maher in 1989. (Phil Carpenter/THE GAZETTE)

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MONTREAL, QUE.: Marie-Joelle Verville rides a Bixi bike east on de Maisonneuve Boulevard downtown Montreal Wednesday September 25, 2013. Bixi will announce Wednesday that it will not publish its 2012 financial statements and that the sale of its international operations is now a “more or less long-term objective.” ( Phil Carpenter / THE GAZETTE )

Director Kurt Voss in Montreal on Tuesday September 24, 2013. Voss co-directed and co-wrote the rock’n’roll romance comedy Strutter which is playing Film Pop Festival. (Pierre Obendrauf / THE GAZETTE)

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Philippe Jaar Vice-president and director of Les Brasseurs RJ in new brewing room of the Belle Geule family of beers on Thursday September 26, 2013. (Pierre Obendrauf / THE GAZETTE)

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Several hundred protestors marched at a rally in support of the proposed charter of values, in Montreal, Sunday September 22, 2013. (Vincenzo D’Alto / THE GAZETTE)

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Crews dig and remove contaminated earth at the train crash site where oil seeped into the ground, in Lac Megantic about 300 KM east of Montreal, Tuesday September 24, 2013. (Vincenzo D’Alto / THE GAZETTE)

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